EDC 430 F09 CL06 - How Do I Use Inquiry in My Classroom

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Monday, October 19, 2009
Any piece of work you don't have pride in, you need to keep working on. - Chris Sullivan quoted in Fried, 1991

Agenda for Class 06: How Do I Use Inquiry in My Classroom?

  • Objectives
    • Reflect on the characteristics of "successful" or "good" science students.
    • Discuss the characteristics of classroom inquiry.
    • Use the characteristics of inquiry to develop a planning tool that will help us plan an inquiry sequence.
    • Apply our planning tool to adapt a laboratory activity into an inquiry sequence.
  • Activities
    • Sharing: Practicum visits, Current Ideas for Unit Plans and importance of revisiting GSEs
    • NECAP Inquiry Assessment (
      EarthquakeScoringGuide.pdf
      ) <---- DON'T OPEN YET!
    • Develop Inquiry Planning Tool
    • Test tool by trying to plan an inquiry sequence.
    • Share results
    • Assess our tool; Generate followup questions.

This Week's Assignments

  • Due Friday, October 26:
    • Observation/Reflection #3.
  • Due Monday, October 29
    • Readings
    • Assignments
      • Finalize Unit Plan:
        • Post a title,
        • an overview,
        • a rationale for your unit plan,
        • a concept map of the unit's topics on URITK.